LordM Giveaway #128 (pick your prize)

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Thank you @tibor

 

Entry Post. Keeping my fingers crossed also to try to win the Greek lion. As mentioned many times before it would become the oldest issue in my collection.
Here is a Greek
TROAS, Birytis. Circa 4th Century BC. Æ 18mm 4.35gm.
Head of Kabiros left, wearing pileus; star on either side of pileus / B-IP-Y in two lines either side of club, all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 247; SNG von Aulock 1502; Seaby 4056. Green patina.

An ancient mystery cult.
In mythological history, the Kabeiroi were one or many deities of the chthonic persuasion. They were worshipped by a mystery cult in the North Aegian islands of Lemnos and maybe Samothrace. They had a mysterious genealogy buried in folklore and their number varied, but often referenced as pairs of males or females.
The pileus was a brimless felt hat, worn in ancient Greece between 8th – 4th century BCE. The two stars either side of the pileus represent the Kabeiroi, in a similar fashion to the Dioscuri being represented the same way on some Roman coinage.

 

Hey, I like gold, and I like to see coins of different eras in hand, so I am entering and if I win, i think I'd like that little gold coin (if it is available by then), but if not I would be very happy with the Seleucid coin because I have a small (very small) collection of coins from this empire.

 

Entry post for @expat !

 

Thanks a lot, really appreciated.

 

Submitting another entry post for the Roman bronze bracelet. I like antiquities and it would pair nicely with the Roman javelin head I got from Time Machine as well.

 

Rob, Post a photo of the tiny Indian when you get a chance…Please and Thank You.

And thanks for all you do for CT and the contests. You are a scholar and a gentleman…Spark

 

“Gold Goin”?…I know they meant “coin”, but, man! That is sooo tiny it really needs to be labelled “Gold Flake”!…

 

That thing is cool! And yeah, really tiny! Slabbed is definitely the way to go with that one.

 

Agree, but what did they carry them in back in the day.

 

In really tiny pouches…

 

It's nice seeing more pictures of it. Thing is pretty small, wonder if it was meant for a child.